Allison Schroeder Quotes
There's so many gatekeepers to getting in front of showrunners or executives. If we pull those middlemen out, and we get women in rooms with the executives, the people hiring, it seems to break down barriers. Because they can no longer say, 'There just aren't any women to hire,' when you're surrounded by fifty of them.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard.
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What I would say is that vows and rings don't change anything: the challenges are the same. Every day is just a conscious commitment to making the next day better.
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We must never lose sight of the fact that shoes go on the feet, and if people can't walk in them, they are worthless. Fashion designers who are not specialists need the help of technical people. We help decide the collections together.
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Back when people couldn't read, other people would take newspapers and turn them into theater so that people would know what was going on in the world. That is a powerful thing.
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
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There's so many gatekeepers to getting in front of showrunners or executives. If we pull those middlemen out, and we get women in rooms with the executives, the people hiring, it seems to break down barriers. Because they can no longer say, 'There just aren't any women to hire,' when you're surrounded by fifty of them.
